I need a good Blu-ray ripper.
I heard good things about MakeMKV. So I bought it. Unfortunately it's failure rate is too high for me.
Anyone know of a good Windows Blu-ray ripper?

Interesting as you seem to be the first person I have seen (Mac or PC) that has considered MakeMKV to be overly problematic. I am sure the guys as DVDFab or Slysoft will appreciate your comments. Hint.

Interesting as you seem to be the first person I have seen (Mac or PC) that has considered MakeMKV to be overly problematic. I am sure the guys as DVDFab or Slysoft will appreciate your comments. Hint.

Maybe I'm just unlucky.
Maybe my Blu-ray player isn't the best in the world.
For every three Blu-ray discs I try to copy, one ends up in failure.
I try to clean the discs. I try to copy the discs without subtitles or audio. It's a waste of time.
If the disc is a failure the first time, it will continue to be a failure.
Thank you.

Interesting as you seem to be the first person I have seen (Mac or PC) that has considered MakeMKV to be overly problematic. I am sure the guys as DVDFab or Slysoft will appreciate your comments. Hint.

I'm using the new Asus BRD with MKV, not one single issue having ripped 30+ Blu ray disks. Is DVD fab any good at 3D? It claims to be, but I don't want to buy it if its not...Happy to stick with the 2D platform for now...The only other option is Roxio toast platinum but at £140.00 it would have to be pretty darned special for me to buy.

First of all: I haven't ever ripped a BluRay. That being said: I read that the newest version of HandBrake can rip and even re-encode it for you (otherwise the amount of data you assemble is huge anyways...). It's free and may be worth giving a try.

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Originally Posted by Topper

Anyone know of a good Windows Blu-ray ripper?

Windows? Seriously? You might get lucky because many of us have both systems running, but there might be better places to ask about recommendations than a forum on "macrumors.com"...

First of all: I haven't ever ripped a BluRay. That being said: I read that the newest version of HandBrake can rip and even re-encode it for you (otherwise the amount of data you assemble is huge anyways...). It's free and may be worth giving a try.

Nope, Handbrake won't rip a protected Blu-ray disc.

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Windows? Seriously? You might get lucky because many of us have both systems running, but there might be better places to ask about recommendations than a forum on "macrumors.com"...

Yes, seriously. You've heard of Bootcamp.
Mac people are smart. They can answer questions on anything.

Sorry, I might have sounded too offensive or like a smartass. I wasn't aiming to and apologize if that's the case.

As I said, I never ripped a BluRay, and it's good that the "protected" part has been mentioned in addition in this thread, that might help for future answers.

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Originally Posted by Topper

Yes, seriously. You've heard of Bootcamp.
Mac people are smart. They can answer questions on anything.

Of course I've heard of Bootcamp, that's why I wrote "many of us are running both systems". I still stand by the statement though that a PC forum might be a better place to look. On a Mac, you always have two systems and if you have a ripping software that works fine on OSX, you maybe won't look for a Windows alternative.

I honestly hope someone knows a good software for you, I just suggested you might consult other forums as well.

I'm having the exact same problem, I've just ripped the bluray movie using makemkv and when I play it back after its been ripped using VLC the movie plays fine and I can see the subs that are in the Mkv, but then when I convert the Mkv using handbrake the subs have gone!!!..do you guys have any pointers to ripping a bluray and transcoding whilst maintaining the subs?

Just to check, you have selected the subtitle tracks in Handbrake? Also, although I haven't tested this, but if you're ripping to an m2v wrapper I'm not sure it supports subtitle tracks. If you re-convert back to MKV again (I'm assuming you're just shrinking it down to size) it should definitely maintain the subs.
(oh, by the way this is a random screenshot from an old version I googled, don't use 'burned-in')